Support for displaying collars.



F. E. MEINEL.

SUPPORT FOR DISPLAYING COLLARSF APPLICATION FILED APR-27.1917.

1,250,482. Patented Dec. 18, 1917.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK E. MEINEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at IVilmette, county of Cook, State of Illinois,

have invented a certain new and useful Im-' provement in Supports for Displaying Collars, and declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has for its object to produce a simple and novel device for supporting either a soft or a starched turned-over collar for display in a showcase or otherwise, in such a manner that the lines of the collar will be displayed advantageously, and without having the appearance of the collar marred by exposed supporting or shaping devices.

A further object of the present invention is to produce a simple collar-supporting device which will permit a collar to be readily adjusted in any one of a variety of positions varying from the approximately circular shape that it has when in place about the neck of a wearer to a completely fiattened condition. y

The various features of novelty whereby my invention is characterized will hereinafter be pointed out with particularity in the claims; but, for a full understanding of my invention and of its objects and advantages, reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 1s afront View of a collar arranged on one of my improved supporters, the front corners of the collar being broken Fig. 2 is an elevation of the supporter, re-

moved from the collar; and

Fig. 3 is an edge view of the clip shown in Fig. 1, indicated as attached to the wall of a showcase illustrated in section.

The supporter consists of a long strip of soft sheet metal which may readily be bent and which will retain any shape into which it is bent. For the sake of economy of material it is preferably made of a V'-shaped central member having wings, 2 and 8, projecting laterally from the outer ends of its arms. The wings 2 and 3 are preferably curved so Specification'of Letters Patent. I V

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Application filed April 27, 1917. serial No. 164,857.

that a line connecting the free ends thereof passes through the central member in the vicinity of its'apeX. The depth or height of the central'member is preferably no greater than the height of the rear portion of a comparatively low collar, and the overall length or width of the device measured from the top of one wing to the top of the other is made less than the circumferential length of the smallest collar that is to be supported.

The use of the device is illustrated in Fig. 1 in which 4 represents a turned-over collar, between the inner and outer member of which the supporting device is inserted; the V -shaped central member 1 being placed centrally at the back of the collar and the two wings being carried forwardly between the folds. The collar illustrated is a soft collar which has been flattened after the insertion of the supporting device, the soft ness of the supporter permitting the wings to be folded upon each other between their ends, and the supporter having suflicient stiffness thereafter to-hold thecollar in the shape in which it has been placed. In the case of, a starched collar, the supporter would of course be bent into a C- shape, which would also be the shape that it would take if it were desired to support the soft the showcase, or other supporting wall; the

outer fold and the apex of the supporter being inserted behind the clip, so that no part of the collar is concealed either by the clip or by the supporting device. At the. same time, the collar may readily be detached for inspection.

While I have. illustrated and described with particularity only a single preferred form of my invention, I do not desire to be limitedto the exact structural details thus illustrated and described; but intend vto cover all forms and arrangements which come'within the terms employed in the definitions of my invention constituting the appended claims.

I claim: 7 1. A device of the character described made of soft non-resilient sheet metal having a length greater than one-half the length of a collar to be supported'and being comparatively narrow, whereby the device may be inserted in a soft collar and the ends be ally from the top of the central member, the bent inwardly toward each other in fiattendevice having a length considerably greater 1c ing thesoft co'llar so as to support the 001- than one-half the length of a collar to be lar in a flattenedbondition: supported.

5 2. A device of the character described In testimony whereof, I sign this specifimade of soft non-resilient sheet metal and cation. comprising a V-shaped central member and downwardly curved wings extending later- FREDERICK E. MEINEL.

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